PRAYER FOR AMERICA "Except the Lord build the house," etc: In the beginning of the contest with Britain, when we were sensible of danger, we had daily prayers in this room for the Divine protection.…
Sermon Illustrations
SWIMMING AGAINST THE STREAM Many years ago I saw a magnificent tapestry in a home for recovering alcoholics in Germany. It was a picture of a stream with a shoal of fish heading one way…
MANAGEMENT WITHOUT LEADERSHIP Efficient management without effective leadership is kind of like straightening the deck chairs on the Titanic. From file: gudstory.mem -- source unknown -- whoever sent this computer file to us, please call…
HURRY IS THE DEVIL In contemporary society, our Adversary majors in three things: noise, hurry, and crowds. If he can keep us engaged in "muchness" and "manyness," he will rest satisfied. Psychiatrist Carl Jung once…
AFTER AGE FIFTEEN Till a boy is fifteen he does what his father says; after that he does what his father does." From For Men Only, by J. Allan Peterson
Atonement | Christ | Cross | Crucifixion | Evil | Father | Risk | Sacrifice | Sin | Story | Violence
EVIL AS IT IS Henri Nouwen tells the story of a family he knew in Paraguay. The father was a doctor who spoke out against the oppressive government there and its human rights abuses. The…
FOCUSED ON THE FINGER When I was a boy, I played ball with my dog. He was a good retriever, but he would occasionally lose sight of where the ball went. He would come back…
Assistance | Burden | Children | Family | Hindrances | Mother | Mothers | Parenting | Story | Wisdom
MOM TOO HELPFUL The Associated Press reported on August 5, 1995 of a mother who was just a little too concerned for her son's career. She apparently wanted to give him a little boost, allow…
VISION Visions produce hope in the face of despair. Visions are inspiring. Visions motivate. Visions give the people something to unite behind, therefore a vision creates unity. Visions call people to prayer and faith. Visions…
OPPORTUNE TRIALS Our trials are great opportunities. Too often we look on them as great obstacles. It would be an inspiration of unspeakable power if each of us would recognize every difficult situation as one…
CHANGING TIMES On his way to work every day, a man walked past a clock-maker's store. He would ritualistically stop outside and synchronize his watch with the clock that stood in the window of the…
GIVE THE BALL TO LARRY Whether you are a basketball fan or not, you are probably familiar with the name Larry Bird -- the former basketball great of the Boston Celtics. During a retirement party…
HEROES ARE MADE John F. Kennedy was once asked how he became a war hero. His answer was straightforward and refreshingly honest: "It was entirely involuntary, someone sank my boat."
SUBMISSION OF THE QUEEN When Queen Victoria of England was only a girl, she was instructed in matters of court etiquette. "You are to go to hear "The Messiah" tomorrow night, and when they sing…
ONLY ZIONISTS ALLOWED When the British were overseeing Palestine in the 1930's, they arranged for Dr. Chaim Weizmann to control the permits required to enter Palestine legally. Weizmann was criticized for allotting permits to Jewish…
HELL IN THE PULPIT If we had more hell in the pulpit, we would have less hell in the pew. By Billy Graham, quoted from New York Herald Tribune, May 25, 1964
INDIGNATION FATIGUE "Indignation fatigue." "Many of us seem to have lost the capacity to get mad -- or at least, as mad as we ought to get about lying, cheating, and stealing... To be indifferent…
HONEST REWARD On his way to a school bus stop with a friend, 12-year-old Evan Dobkin found a red wallet stuffed with $1,100 and 10 credit cards. His friends urged him to keep the money.…
NET LOSS OF PROGRESS Instead of the workweek shrinking, it is expanding; instead of free time increasing, it is decreasing. And in spite of "time-saving devices," we have less time... An axiom of progress is:…
DECISION-MAKING HUSBAND A husband once explained how he was the head of his household and took care of the major decisions: "I make all the big decisions in our family and my wife makes all…
